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<p class="C1">&#65279D&#298V&#256N SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1924), one of the martyrs of Jaito Morch&#257, was born around 1874, the son of S&#257hib Si&#7749gh of the village of Mahingarv&#257l in Hoshi&#257rpur district of the Punjab. As he grew up, he joined government service in the railways and was an assistant engineer when he resigned in protest against the deposition by the British of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ripudaman Si&#7749gh, ruler of the princely state of N&#257bh&#257, in July 1923, and became an activist in the Ak&#257l&#299 movement for the reformation of the management of Sikh shrines. As the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee was outlawed by government in October 1923, D&#299v&#257n Si&#7749gh was appointed chairman of the district committee for the management of Gurdw&#257r&#257s in Hoshi&#257rpur district. When the Ak&#257l&#299s decided to lead 500-strong <i>sh&#257h&#299d&#299 jath&#257s</i>, bands of volunteers vowed to win martyrdom, to Jaito where a Sikh religious ceremony had been intruded upon by police in February 1924, D&#299v&#257n Si&#7749gh offered himself as a volunteer, but the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Committee turned down his request. The first <i>shah&#299d&#299 jath&#257</i> left Amritsar on 9 February 1924. Its progress on foot through the countryside caused much excitement. D&#299v&#257n Si&#7749gh could not restrain himself and he caught up with the Jath&#257 at Barg&#257&#7771&#299, its last halting point before reaching Jaito on 21 February 1924. He was marching in line with the standard-bearers ahead of the Jath&#257 when the waiting contingent of the N&#257bh&#257 State army opened fire on them. D&#299v&#257n Si&#7749gh was hit by a bullet in the head and died on the spot near &#7788ibb&#299 S&#257hib, a sandy hillock, about a furlong short of the destination, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ga&#7749gsar S&#257hib.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><i>Ak&#257l&#299 te Prades&#299</i>. Amritsar, 15 March 1924<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR>
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